EBAN (European Business Angel Network) is the pan-European representative for the early stage investor community, gathering 170 member organisations in 59 countries today. Established in 1999 by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe with the collaboration of the European Commission and EURADA, EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 6,1 billion Euros a year and playing a vital role in Europe´s future, notably in the funding of SMEs. EBAN fuels Europe´s growth through the creation of wealth and jobs.

The Global Accelerators Network is a network of the most respected accelerators around the world. GAN accelerators provide startups with the resources necessary to create and grow businesses, wherever they are.

The Michigan Business Incubator Association´s (MBIA) mission is to support and promote activities related to business incubators, accelerators, SmartZone programs, co-working spaces, and other entrepreneurial organizations in Michigan.

The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) is the world´s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. Each year, it provides thousands of professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies. An elected, voting board of directors representing the world´s leading incubators governs the association.

This site offers a lot of useful resources targeted to business incubators. Some examples are:
Business Incubation White Paper Series
Commissioned by the BADIR Program for Technology Incubators and written by Dinah Adkins, NBIA´s president emerita, this series of comprehensive white papers includes topics related to business incubation, acceleration, angel investing, industry best practices, evaluating and monitoring clients and much more.
Benchmark Your Business Incubator´s Practices
In just 10 minutes, this simple benchmarking survey helps you compare your incubation program´s management with those of your peers and with NBIA-accepted best practies.
Incubation Impact Toolkit
How (and why) to measure your business incubator´s economic impact
Principles and Best Practices
NBIA research has consistently shown that incubation programs that adhere to the principles and best practices of successful business incubation generally outperform those that do not. What are these secrets of incubation success?
Tips for Developers
Information for those who are interested in launching a business incubation program in their community

Nesta in the UK is a charity set up by the UK government to promote innovation and do a lot of excellent research on incubation and acceleration and provide good advice both to accelerators and incubators.

A ´Policy Support Facility´ (PSF) has been set up by the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (DG RTD) of the European Commission under the European Framework Programme for Research & Innovation ´Horizon 2020´, in order to support Member States and associated countries in reforming their national science, technology and innovation systems.
The Slovak authorities expressed their interest in receiving specific support under PSF in the context of the "Strategy to support start-ups and further develop the start-up ecosystem" adopted by the Government of the Slovak Republic in June 2015. The aim of the specific support to Slovakia was to provide guidance and recommendations to:
- improve the business environment in order to promote entrepreneurship, start-ups and boost business investments in research and innovation.
- improve the incubation/acceleration system in Slovakia and to attract external investors to create new incubators/accelerators.
- establish and implement a transparent and effective scheme to support business angels.

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